RT Article
T1 A Genizah finished product for She'elat ?alom based on Sefer Ha-Razim
JF Journal of Jewish studies
VO 67
IS 2
SP 305
OP 326
A1 Bellusci, Alessia
LA English
YR 2016
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1699204772
AB The article presents the commented edition of a medieval finished product for She'elat Halom uncovered in the Cairo Genizah, which contains a literal quotation from a divinatory recipe preserved in Sefer ha-Razim (the Books of Mysteries), a famous Jewish literary book of magic dating back to late antiquity. The pertinent citation of a section from Sefer ha-Razim in a document, whose codicological features show that it had actually been used in a magical ritual before being thrown in the storehouse of the medieval Ben Ezra synagogue, provides substantial evidence on the transmission of Jewish divinatory lore and on the relationship between literary books of magic and finished products. The article examines in detail the textual correspondence between Sefer ha-Razim and the Genizah finished product, highlighting the linguistic and ritualistic analogy between the medieval technique of She'elat Ḥalom and a specific divinatory recipe transmitted in Sefer Ha-Razim (SHR I §§ 109-14).
K1 Bible
K1 BIBLE; Historiography
K1 Cairo Genizah
K1 Codicology
K1 Historiography
K1 Jewish Mysticism
K1 Jewish Studies
K1 Periodicals
DO 10.18647/3281/JJS-2016